The Macedonian Blows Away an English Frigate
In the early war between the United States and Britain, the USS Decatur under Captain Stephen Decatur defeats HMS Macedonian in a swift naval duel off the Canary Islands. The Macedonian suffers catastrophic damage while the United States ship sustains minor harms. The victory shocks Britain and proves American gunnery and discipline.
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Madison
Enterprise
Boxer
United States
Plymouth
John Surinam Carden
Stephen Decatur
Carden
Decatur
Norfolk
Ton Captein Decauiit
Onteshiys
Boston
Africa
Canary Islands
Essex
England
City Council October Session a Busy But Brief
The Bath City Council's October meeting was brief, under an hour, with Mayor Dunton and several aldermen present. The session approved a tax preamble favoring liberal assessments for new industries, referred lighting and sanitary petitions, and confirmed city officers and fire department expansions.
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Dunton
Small
Turner
Briggs
Ham
Rogers
Bachelder
Rand
Barker
Knights
King
Bragg
Ballou
Ferris
Webber
Wakefield
Adams
McGrath
Oliver
A. W. H. Rand
Traverse
James L. Spinney
Edward H. Hartwell
Ernest M. Evrard
Benjamin F. Savage
Charles W. Dingley
Eugene W. Dodge
Eugene H. Sprague
George I. Smith
William E. P. Hatch
Alexander M. Cutler
Grand
Oscar R. Adams
Harry G. Deering
J. Houghton McLellan
Harry W. Thebeau
E. Randall Leonard
Charles Rose
Standing Committee
Bath Industrial Corporation
Bath Box Co
Bath
Oldest Phippsburg resident recalls seafaring career
An 85 year old Phippsburg villager recalls a long sea life starting at 16. He sailed on numerous ships including the Mongolia and Lizzie Drew, later serving as deputy U.S. Marshal Packard’s aide. He married twice, settled at the Center, and faced health and family changes over decades.
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M. D. Sprague
Parker Head
Ilbridge Bowker
Meadowbrook
Nelson Sprague
Ile
Frances Wyman
John Perkins
Mongolia
Gen. Berry
William Sprague
Bristol
New Orleans
Yankee Blade
John L. Wallace
Zina Spinney
Lizzie Drew
Pearson Morrison
Frank Percy
Patten
Patterson
Abram Hill
Kennebunk
Holyrood
Liverpool
Melcher
Charlotte Morrison
Samuel Morrison
Buenos Ayres
Antwerp
Lark Meteor
Genoa
Timothy Batchelder
di Meite
Oloran
James B. Percy
Cape Worn
Latitude
Jessie
Pentreath
Valpariso
Sprazine
Levanta
Calleo
Chincha Islands
Guano
Panama
Lizzie Moses
Frank Delano
San Francisco
New York
Navy
Alice Minott
Abner Lowell
Mary EB. Riges
Henry Langdon
Pacific Coast
Scot Wyman
Harry Morse
U. S
Bohemia
John Delano
Scotia
Houghton
C. V. Minott
Berlin
Riverside
Bermuda
George Stacy
William H. Davenport
F. S. Bowker
Carrie Norton
Isss
Sadie Tuttle
Durham
D. W. Berry
Belle Higgins
Blackshire
Phippsburs
Ina Pease
Portland
George Bowker
Bath
Gardiner
Boston
Mt. Washington
Wash
Frank Simall
Hartwell
Herman Shillings
Clara Hogan
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H. O. Thayer
Donian
Europe
H. W. Crosman
Highway Board
Charles E. Bachelder
Scarthur J. Dunton
Edmund P. Briggs
Edwin C. Knight
James F. Rand
Joint
Standing Committee On
F. C. Cox
Washington St
Edwards St
J. S. Committee On
South Street
J. 3S. Committee On Finance
Keegan
Rence
Frank L. Daley
Harry W. Crosman
Board of Highways and Sewers
Harles Ae
Parks
Phippsburg Center
Dromore
Littlie
Rena Hosmer Dauughter
Harrys Hosmer
Sinal Point
Bonevartz
Christine Cutting
Porland
William D. Hutchins
Augusta
Eliza Morrison
S. C. Campbell
Nelson Heald
Small Point Road
Mr. Heald
Will Hosmer
Small Point
Rena Hosmer
Chester Oliver
Frank Ridley
Bates College
Ernest Olive
Popham
James E. Perry
Frank Rogers
Elijah Morse
Wilbur C. Oliver
Mrs
Cleveland Holbrook
Windeganere
Henry W. Butler
Anchorage
Capt Butler
Barlow
Edward B. Winslow
Butler
Ralph Willis
Vallint
Lindsay
Willis Huis
Dine Lowell
Williatmn Butler
Droime
WR. Dickinson
John M. Clark
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